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re: OT: Redrawing boundaries for a greater St. Louis
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:33 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:33 am to Mizz-SEC
Yep. An imaginary "line" isn't going to stop criminals.
Cities and counties will always compete to bring businesses into their district. Tax credits are the only thing going for them in some areas.
I honestly hate all the violence getting news coverage in St. Louis area. It looks bad on the entire state. Good luck St. Louisians.
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Would probably make sense if some of the suburban areas consolidated. I don't know much of the politics of STL, but I sincerely doubt any of the more affluent areas are going to want to combine with the city or any of the smaller lower income/high crime towns to subsidize their issues with the nicer towns tax dollars
Cities and counties will always compete to bring businesses into their district. Tax credits are the only thing going for them in some areas.
I honestly hate all the violence getting news coverage in St. Louis area. It looks bad on the entire state. Good luck St. Louisians.
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Posted on 3/30/15 at 11:21 am to 5thTiger
This town has been dying since I got here in 1983. Too much "old money", not enough "new money". That is, Old Money doesn't generate jobs, just nice family wealth from stock sales. New Money, the Googles, Microsofts, etc., hardly anywhere to be found.
The City and County will never merge. They should, but won't ever happen.
All the money is in the County. The County fiefdoms (towns) don't really care about bringing in national business, or talent. They are more focused on stealing that from the fiefdom next door.
The City relies on an old antiquated Earnings Tax that everybody runs from, including potential business interest and homeowners.
I liked what Gene McNary tried to do. I small step, but even that failed. He tried to get The County fiefdoms to pair up and merge. So instead of 90 cities, we'd have @ 45. Problem was, as soon as one mayor figured out the other mayor would probably beat him in the merged town election, all work towards that would stop.
The City and County will never merge. They should, but won't ever happen.
All the money is in the County. The County fiefdoms (towns) don't really care about bringing in national business, or talent. They are more focused on stealing that from the fiefdom next door.
The City relies on an old antiquated Earnings Tax that everybody runs from, including potential business interest and homeowners.
I liked what Gene McNary tried to do. I small step, but even that failed. He tried to get The County fiefdoms to pair up and merge. So instead of 90 cities, we'd have @ 45. Problem was, as soon as one mayor figured out the other mayor would probably beat him in the merged town election, all work towards that would stop.
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